In HMM , Weiner talks about a deck with only one corner shorted, making it a one-way stripper type gaffed deck. He gives cutting to the four (reversed) Aces as a rudimentary application. It's even older than Kunard (and was recently resurrected by Christian Engblom): https://www.conjuringcredits.com...

The Genii version is the one that was republished with more details in the Vernon Chronicles . I think what Thomas is looking for, is this: A face-up fan with the whole deck (minus the Aces) is held in the left hand. All four Aces are inserted and left out-jogged in different positions in this fan. ...

If you like that, here are a few related ideas (not necessarily using Gilbreath). Most of them a bit undeveloped: https://www.conjuringarchive.com/list/book/631?highlight=35318 https://www.conjuringarchive.com/list/book/1537?highlight=68118 https://www.conjuringarchive.com/list/book/734?highlight=38...

I already found a first correction... it is for something that is not even used anywhere in the book, but only referenced as a side-note. I now found a much earlier citation for it. (Wish I had found it some months ago...) If you have the book, you might want to check it out: https://www.denisbehr.d...

I absolutely can see this work in the right venue, but not because it is "brilliantly structured" or "sublime". It is a brute force joke on the infantile side, and either you're in the mood and find it funny, or not. (Even the premise: "at the end of all card tricks, the sel...

Hi all! Just after my DVD set, a new book Handcrafted Card Magic - Volume 3 is now out! Here are all the details, including a table of contents: https://www.denisbehr.de/shop.php "The magic of Denis Behr is spectacular, entertaining, and out-of-this-world mystifying. (A nice way of saying that ...

Thanks for the clarification. I agree that one could think that the one girl who walks towards the cabinet (probably to take off one of the panels for the final reveal) could be mistaken for sneaking back in.

Steinmeyer provides a nice twist to the Jarrett original. The Cabinet apparently produces 22(!) people in the video above. As the cabinet is opened up for the final production - one of the cheerleaders goes round the back and sneaks back into the cabinet. I must ask, as this is presented as fact or...

Hofzinser has another thing that is rather brilliant. Three double backers are in a handkerchief. The handkerchief is held by the spectator, who at the right time opens it. The double backers drops to the table. The do, naturally, land face down. But it seems accidental, the might as well have lande...

He might be talking about this section from Bill Simon's Controlled Miracles : S. Leo Horowitz (Mohammed Bey) once gave us an excellent bit of advice. He said that all tricks should be presented in as direct and simple a manner as possible. The average person desires and enjoys being entertained by ...

That's the quote, from The Cardician : Sometime ago, someone said, somewhere, something to the effect that if you had a trick with three sleights, and then eliminated one of the moves, you would have a better trick. Then, if you worked out a method to accomplish the effect with one move, you had a d...

I think it is a very good guideline, that should be followed. To justify its existence, I feel a new trick should be different from what has come before. And, to the extent that it resembles any previous tricks, it should be superior to them either in plot, method, or presentation (or in more than o...

The most interesting thing I learnt from the Magic Christian Hofzinser books was that old JN himself opened his card section with lots of flourishes including switching in and out trick decks. These flourishes were regularly mentioned and complimented in contemporary newspapers and not one of those...

First, let me apologize: I believe I was the first to call this the holy grail of card magic when flogging my version, "Dekronomicon." The line has now been adapted by others, all claiming, as I did, that this is the method! The "Any Card at Any Number" plot was called the &quot...

That's interesting. In Neo-Magic , Sam Sharpe wrote these two things: "To tell a beginner that he should write his own patter is absurd." "It has become a habit to advise students to avoid presenting any effect exactly as described by the originator. I am convinced that this is a mist...

The fact is, every magician misses from time to time, on just about every move. I agree, and that is what I was trying to imply with my snappy remark earlier in this thread. If it ever comes to a verification of the claim, I'd like it staged in the way of the famous Roald Dahl story. https://en.wik...

The problem is that only the sketchy creation date of a pdf can be used when trying to trace an item in the published record. One cannot know in which year information was published, as the ebook can change any time without a change log.

...but there is no way of seeing whether the quoted content was in the original edition or a later update." When you quote from "The New Modern Coin Magic" I have no way of knowing if it is also in "Modern Coin Magic". It is no different with printed books. Are you serious?...